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Grady County

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Incorporated Date:

August 17, 1905

Population:

25,115

Total Area:

458.2 sq mi

Contact Information

250 North Broad St., Box 7

Cairo, GA39828

Phone Number:

(229) 377-1512

Fax Number:

(229) 377-1039

Grady County, created in 1905, grew out of Decatur and Thomas counties. Founders named it to honor Henry W. Grady, editor of *The Atlanta Constitution* during the Reconstruction Period and an advocate of the "new south." He sought to heal the bitter division between North and South. In a nod to the city in Egypt, residents named the county seat Cairo, although the reason for this is unclear.